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on August 1, 2022, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers (in brown) and Pakistani Rangers take part in the Beating the Retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35 km from Amritsar.

Paramilitary soldiers cordon off the Supreme Court after arrival of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad on May 11, 2023. Pakistan's Supreme Court on May 11 declared former prime minister Imran Khan's arrest earlier this week "invalid" after it sparked nationwide civil unrest. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Paramilitary soldiers cordon off the Supreme Court after arrival of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 11, 2023. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Army Cannot Remain Unaffected by Pakistan's Divisions

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

May 12, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan speaks while taking part in an anti-government march in Gujranwala, Pakistan, on November 1, 2022, two days before he was shot in the foot at another rally. (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at an anti-government march in Gujranwala, Pakistan, on November 1, 2022, two days before he was shot in the foot at another rally. (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)

In the Media

How Imran Khan Failed to Change Pakistani Politics

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

May 11, 2023

In the Media

Podcast

China Insider #22 | Agricultural Police, Press Freedom, and PRC Diplomacy

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

May 9, 2023

Podcast

The signing of the visitor book of Prime Minister of Japan H. E. Mr. Fumio Kishida on March 20, 2023. (MEAphotogallery via Flickr)

Commentary

Kishida’s Game-Changing Visit to India

Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Satoru Nagao

Apr 21, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 16, 2022. (DoD Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2022. (DoD photo by James K. Lee)

In the Media

The Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal and Implications for Pakistan

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Apr 10, 2023

In the Media

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on March 17, 2023. (Yoshikazu Tsuno via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Five Days in March Will Change Japan’s Foreign Policy

James J. Przystup

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

James J. Przystup

Apr 3, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Electoral agents counting votes during 2018 Pakistani general election. (Wikimedia Commons)

In the Media

Pakistan Remains Mired in Political and Economic Crises

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Mar 28, 2023

In the Media

The Brahmos supersonic cruise missile that was developed between India and Russia. (Pallava Bagla/Corbis Sygma via Getty Images)

Commentary

Singapore Polls Show India’s Growing Influence in ASEAN as More Nations Put Trust in Delhi over Beijing

Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Satoru Nagao

Mar 28, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

India’s Cultural and Historical Legacies on Modern Democratic Institutions

Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

Aparna Pande

Mar 22, 2023

In the Media

Activists of the Bhartiya Janata Party shout slogans against the state government for the recent alleged rapes and murders around the state in Kolkata on April 12, 2022. (Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

India’s BJP Is the World’s Most Important Party

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 21, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. Once airborne, aircrew assigned to the U-28A Draco provided surveillance and reconnaissance of the ground situation at the airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of Lt. Col. Scott Hardman)

Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021. (US Air Force photo by Scott Hardman)

In the Media

The Afghanistan Failure Started Long before August 2021

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Mar 14, 2023

In the Media

President Joe Biden greets India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Summit on Supply Chain Resilience Sunday, October 21, 2021, at La Nuvola Convention Center in Rome. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Joe Biden greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Summit on Supply Chain Resilience on October 21, 2021, in Rome, Italy. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Commentary

The US Raises Its Bet on India